Relique du Madde
Adventurer
I'm still in the XP building stage. I should be a little over 1/2 there/
Operation: Power Level Gary
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Erekose
Eternal Champion
Just managed to give Gary more XP
Becoming more and more a test of stamina!
Having whinged a bit about the effort here - I feel like it's flown by this time - just been able to give more XP to Gary!
Scotley
Hero
Nicely done! I can sense that we'll have Poppa G well placed in the rankings by GM's Day.
Excellent goal to work toward!
Mark CMG
Creative Mountain Games
Wherein Gary professes a hands-off attitude regarding his potentially critiquing post-Gygaxian Greyhawk -
http://www.enworld.org/forum/archiv...ontinuation-thread-part-ii-10.html#post819198
http://www.enworld.org/forum/archiv...ontinuation-thread-part-ii-10.html#post819198
Relique du Madde
Adventurer
Note to self: Next XP should go to Gary stating "[ Dragonlance is ] not my cup of tea" since I totally agree with him on the modules. I hated how you constantly were playing second string to the Heroes of the lance if your character was an original creation.
However there was one funny exchange that happened when I played the module.
Rastlin: " [ States a bunch of stuff ] .... all I see is as it exists when in a state of decay."
PC: "Then how were you were able to purchase furnature in such excellent condition?"
Rastlin: "I... " < pauses > "... shall not answer your question you insignificant worm." *
* I forget what the GM's actual responce was but I'm pretty sure he made Rastlin mumble something as he ignored the question while everyone started laughing.
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However there was one funny exchange that happened when I played the module.
Rastlin: " [ States a bunch of stuff ] .... all I see is as it exists when in a state of decay."
PC: "Then how were you were able to purchase furnature in such excellent condition?"
Rastlin: "I... " < pauses > "... shall not answer your question you insignificant worm." *
* I forget what the GM's actual responce was but I'm pretty sure he made Rastlin mumble something as he ignored the question while everyone started laughing.
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Lwaxy
Cute but dangerous
Weird encounter at game store this morning. A bunch of kiddos were there buying M:TG cards and talking about their upcoming Warhammer rpg, so somehow us old folks ended up talking about D&D with them and why they don't play that. Someone said "If Gary Gygax would not have created D&D, what would our world look like?" Referring to our personal little geek worlds of course.
One of the younger guys has this blank look on his face. "Who is Gary Gygax?"
About 20 other gamers turn at once and stare at him. Really, if looks could kill...
Someone took the time to explain it to him
I don't know if the store owner is still laughing, he hadn't calmed down when we left.
One of the younger guys has this blank look on his face. "Who is Gary Gygax?"
About 20 other gamers turn at once and stare at him. Really, if looks could kill...
Someone took the time to explain it to him
I don't know if the store owner is still laughing, he hadn't calmed down when we left.
I'm not surprised- people generally do a poor job of passing down info bout the foundations of their hobbies and the roots of their entertainment. And not everyone is as curious about such things to find them out for themselves.Weird encounter at game store this morning. A bunch of kiddos were there buying M:TG cards and talking about their upcoming Warhammer rpg, so somehow us old folks ended up talking about D&D with them and why they don't play that. Someone said "If Gary Gygax would not have created D&D, what would our world look like?" Referring to our personal little geek worlds of course.
One of the younger guys has this blank look on his face. "Who is Gary Gygax?"
About 20 other gamers turn at once and stare at him. Really, if looks could kill...
Someone took the time to explain it to him
I started a thread here about Metal music- see my sig- that started for much the same reason.
You can enjoy all kinds of comedians without knowing that some of the jokes are forms invented by or popularized by guys like Groucho Marx or Ernie Kovacs...or the guys from Vaudeville...or the people who preceeded them...
Heck, even Paul McCartney tells the story of the day he first "felt old"- a young fan recognized him, and told him she was "his biggest fan". While she was rattling off how she had all of his albums, he asked her, "Really, even my Beatles albums?"
She went all wide eyed and incredulous, then replied, "You were in a band before Wings?"
Lwaxy
Cute but dangerous
Oy Vey... well, yeah, I suppose you can enjoy about everything without knowing where it came from.
I guess many music genres have the same issue as Metal - try telling a kid of today that Rap actually was to portray a message once and was not just about cursing and almost naked women doing indecent poses. They know nothing about the good old school rappers anymore.
Maybe I'm just too much into researching everything I like though.
I guess many music genres have the same issue as Metal - try telling a kid of today that Rap actually was to portray a message once and was not just about cursing and almost naked women doing indecent poses. They know nothing about the good old school rappers anymore.
Maybe I'm just too much into researching everything I like though.
Relique du Madde
Adventurer
But rap still has a message. It's basically now about egotism, muchismo, marking one's territory and proving you are the biggest back daddy around and why you, the audience, should worship the rapper.
Now back on the subject of gaming, part of the reason why I think kids these days tm don't recognize the forefathers is because rpgs became sort of an east coast west coast rivalry. In essence, many game developers tend to neglect mentioning anyone except those who directly impacted on their system/setting or those they are friendly or worked with. Sadly, there are are those who view everyone as the enemy so they don't like acknowledging the existance of their competitors (unless their competitor is in the process of self destructing). There are others who hate acknowledging that their game had roots in an other game and would take offense at any comparison. Then there are those who listen to their lawyers and marketing department.
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Now back on the subject of gaming, part of the reason why I think kids these days tm don't recognize the forefathers is because rpgs became sort of an east coast west coast rivalry. In essence, many game developers tend to neglect mentioning anyone except those who directly impacted on their system/setting or those they are friendly or worked with. Sadly, there are are those who view everyone as the enemy so they don't like acknowledging the existance of their competitors (unless their competitor is in the process of self destructing). There are others who hate acknowledging that their game had roots in an other game and would take offense at any comparison. Then there are those who listen to their lawyers and marketing department.
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